Progress against the field
Between Gent 2025 and Maastricht 2026, Filip Vermaelen lost 12:34 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 1:46 quicker, so 10:48 slower on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Amsterdam 2026 → Mechelen 2026: 5:41 in 64 days.
How this is worked out ⓘ
A finish time moves for two reasons: the athlete, and the race — its course, its floor, its day. For each pair of races in a row in one category, we take everyone who raced both and use the middle of how much they moved (the median) as "the race". Whatever is left is the athlete. Doubles are compared only when the same two people raced both, and told as the pair's; relays are left out. A pair with fewer than 15 athletes in common is not shown.
Every race
5 races · 5 events
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Karlsruhe1 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:28:14205/320Beat 36%
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Individual Pro · Men1:32:49334/399Beat 16%
↑ 177 days after Mechelen 2026 13:02 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
15:06 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:04 slower for everyone: 13:02 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:04 slower This athlete15:06 slower -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Pro · Men1:17:43 PB271/457Beat 41%
↑ 64 days after Amsterdam 2026 5:41 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:41 better than the field: 8:00 faster on the clock, against 2:19 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:19 faster This athlete8:00 faster -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Pro · Men1:25:43185/243Beat 24%
↑ 40 days after Gent 2025 5:13 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:42 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:31 faster for everyone: 5:13 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:31 faster This athlete3:42 slower -
Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Pro · Men1:22:01177/305Beat 42%